Ender Dragon in Minecraft

Ender Dragon

BossThe EndJava 26.3

The Ender Dragon has 200 HP (100 ♥) and deals 10 damage on Normal difficulty (6 on Easy, 15 on Hard). It drops nothing, gives 500–12,000 XP and waits in the End. Everything below comes from the Java 26.3 game files.

HP
200100 ♥ hearts
Strongest attack (Normal)
10Easy 6 · Hard 15
XP dropped
500–12,000

Ender Dragon stats

Game data
HP
200 × 100
Movement speed
0.7
Follow range
16 blocks
Size (width × height)
16 × 8 blocks
XP when killed
500–12,00012000 on first kill, 500 after
Immune to fire
Yes

Strongest attack by difficulty

DifficultyDamageHearts
Easy6
Normal10
Hard15

Its strongest special attack (it has no normal melee hit), before armor. Every attack is listed under Behaviour.

Where does the Ender Dragon spawn?

Spawned by the End dragon fight

The Ender Dragon doesn't spawn naturally in any biome: it is summoned, built, bred, converted or comes from a spawner or event.

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Ender Dragon behaviour

Game data

End boss: strafes and charges players, breathes dragon's breath

Attacks

  • Head/neck contact — 10 damage
  • Wing knockback: pushes entities away — 5 damage
  • Dragon fireball: radius 3→7 over 30 s
  • Breath (perched): radius 5, 10 s

Immune to

  • Fire
  • All status effects
  • Non-player damage (except explosions)
  • Arrows while perched

Weaknesses

  • Takes full damage on head/neck; body parts take damage/4 + min(damage,1)

Good to know

  • 200 HP; end crystals within 32 blocks heal 1 HP per 0.5 s
  • Destroying the healing crystal deals 10 to the dragon
  • Breaks non-dragon immune blocks it flies through (mob griefing)
  • Takeoff after taking >25% max HP while perched

Advancements with the Ender Dragon

Ender Dragon ID and summon command

The entity ID is minecraft:ender_dragon. Spawn egg: Ender Dragon Spawn Egg.

/summon minecraft:ender_dragon ~ ~ ~

Data: Minecraft Java Edition 26.3 game files. How we source this

The Ender Dragon is a boss with 200 health. It waits in the End. Each kill gives 500–12,000 XP.

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Ender Dragon FAQ (Java 26.3)

How much health does the Ender Dragon have?

The Ender Dragon has 200 health points, which is 100 hearts, and 0 armor.

How much damage does the Ender Dragon do?

Its strongest attack deals 6 damage on Easy, 10 on Normal and 15 on Hard, before armor.

What does the Ender Dragon drop?

The Ender Dragon drops no items; it gives 500–12,000 XP.

Where does the Ender Dragon spawn?

It waits in the End.